From November 19 till the 22nd, an opportunity to come and
discover (or rediscover) masterpieces of French language cinema from here and
elsewhere. Films and events will be presented in the following venues:the Imperial Cinema, the Cinématheque
Québécoise and the Pavilion Judith-Jasmin.19 feature-length films (all digitized and restored), 11 films by Alice Guy-Blaché
(1873-1968, first female director and visionary), 4 round-table discussions
focusing on issues and aspects regarding restoration of cinematic works, the
role of women in cinema and a look at
the careers of filmmakers Pierre Perrault and Michel Brault,and finally, two special exhibits:

1)In honor
of the 120th anniversary of Gaumont (the
oldest cinematographic company in the world), the Cinématheque Québécoise will
exhibit the company’s most beautiful posters.

2)The Espace Musée at Québecor’s head office will
exhibit the creations of the 20 student finalists for this year’s Éléphant
ClassiQ poster.

Part one of a trilogy that has become known as The Marseille’s Trilogy – a ‘slice-of-life’ drama centered on a
group of colorful characters who live and work alongside Marseille’s
waterfront. César runs a waterfront bar called ‘La Marine.’ His 23-year-old son
Marius assists him. Fanny, Marius’s best friend since childhood, sells cockles
just outside the bar and lives with her mother, Honorine. Marius has secret feelings
for Fanny but also desires to travel to exotic places on one of the ships that
dock in Marseille. Marius must make a choice when Panisse, a wealthy merchant, desires
to marry Fanny.

This judicial drama was one of the strongest factors in the abolition
of capital punishment in France in 1977. Germain Cazeneuve is a social worker
who seeks reprieve for model prisoners by requesting their early release and
reinsertion into society. Gino Strabliggi has served ten years in jail for
armed robbery. Cazeneuve successfully gets him released. Strabliggi is banned
from staying in Paris and moves to the south of France with Sophie, his wife. He
finds a good job and is well loved by his boss. Unfortunately, as luck would
have it, his past comes knocking at his door…

This film is set in either an undetermined future or an alternative
present. It combines elements of dystopian science fiction with film noir – Brave New World and 1984 meet Blade Runner
with a touch of Kafka added in. Lemmy
Caution is a secret agent from the Outlands. His latest mission is to go to
Alphaville to seek out Professor Von Braun to capture or to kill him. Posing as
Ivan Johnson, a journalist, he travels to Alphaville in his Ford Galaxie.
Alphaville is controlled by a supercomputer Alpha 60. Free thought and
individualism has been outlawed.

This is a bleak and unromantic fictional account, portraying a typical
French Resistance cell during the Nazi occupation as they play a game of
cat-and-mouse with the Gestapo, moving from one safe house to another trying to
evade the inevitable capture and execution. In occupied France 1942, Philippe
Gerbier, a civil engineer before the war, is a top leader of the Resistance.
Due to a betrayal by a member of his cell, he is sent to an internment camp.
While being transferred to Paris for questioning, he makes a daring escape. The
informant is executed and operations resume…

This is an eye-opening portrait of one of the most important figures in
the history of cinema, Alice Guy – the world’s first real filmmaker whose name
and significance has tragically slipped into obscurity.

Commissioner Joss is only six months away from retirement.When his colleague Albert Gouvain, is found
dead in a poorly staged suicide or accident, Joss begins an investigation to
find his murderer. It turns out that Gouvain was an accomplice in an armed
robbery of a convoy carrying an inestimable amount of jewelry. A
dangerousand treacherousmobster named Marcel ‘Quinquin’ Lurat, the mastermind
behind the robbery, was eliminating all of his accomplices, including Gouvain.
Joss enlists the help of Nathalie, Gouvain’s former mistress. Joss’s
investigation and pursuit of Quinquin takes him into the heart of Paris’s
brutal underbelly.

Mory, a charismatic cowherd who rides a motorcycle mounted with a
bull-horned skull loves Anta, a student in a Dakar college who lives with her
aunt in the village. Alienated and disaffected with life in Senegal, they dream
of immigrating to Paris. To raise the money, they go to visit Charlie, a
wealthy homosexual businessman and an acquaintance of Mory’s. While the
businessman is taking a shower and Anta basks in the sun, Mory robs him of his
money and clothes. Now they have the money and means to leave Senegal, but do
they have the fortitude?

This film marks the beginning of African cinema. Paulin Soumanou Vieyra
was born in Porto Novo (Dahomey) Benin in 1925 and died in 1987 in Paris. The
film centers on the lives of African students living in Paris, France.

A hilarious French comedy loosely based on Victor Hugo’s tragic drama Ruy Blas. The setting is 1699 during the
reign of Charles II, the last Hapsburg ruler of Spain. Don Salluste de Bazan
(played with zany humor by Louis de Funès) is the King’s finance minister and
tax collector. He is a petty tyrant, reprehensible and is hated by both the
people and the Queen. One day, he falls from grace, stripped of his noble rank
and exiled from Madrid. His valet, Blaze replaces him. Salluste concocts a
scheme to take revenge on the Queen and regain his position.

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